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Highest Grossing Stars of 1988 at the Domestic Box Office


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This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1988 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1988 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).

The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on domestic box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.

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Tom Cruise
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 41 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Top Gun ($180,470,489 in 1986), Rain Man ($172,825,435 in 1988), Cocktail ($78,222,753 in 1988), The Color of Money ($52,293,000 in 1986)

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Bette Midler
Best known as a Leading Actress based on credits in that role in 21 films.
Top films contributed to this record: Ruthless People ($71,624,879 in 1986), Down and Out in Beverly Hills ($62,134,225 in 1986), Beaches ($57,041,866 in 1988), Outrageous Fortune ($52,864,741 in 1987), Big Business ($40,150,487 in 1988)

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Steve Guttenberg
Best known as a Leading Actor based on credits in that role in 15 films.
Top films contributed to this record: 3 Men and a Baby ($167,780,960 in 1987), Police Academy 3: Back in Training ($43,579,163 in 1986), Short Circuit ($40,697,761 in 1986), Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol ($28,061,343 in 1987)

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Complete List

Rank Name Star
Score		 Movies Average
Billing
1 Tom Cruise 429 5 1.4
2 Bette Midler 426 5 1.6
3 Steve Guttenberg 398 6 4.2
4 Tom Hanks 384 5 1.4
5 Steve Martin 384 5 1.6
6 Arnold Schwarzenegger 378 5 2.8
7 Eddie Murphy 370 4 3.5
8 Danny DeVito 330 4 2.3
9 Michelle Pfeiffer 292 4 6.3
10 John Candy 276 4 1.8
11 Charlie Sheen 253 3 5.7
12 Kevin Costner 248 3 10.0
13 Sigourney Weaver 243 3 4.7
14 Cher 232 3 7.3
15 Nicolas Cage 232 3 10.0
16 William Hurt 219 3 10.0
17 Sylvester Stallone 207 3 4.0
18 Shelley Long 206 3 1.7
19 Bubba Smith 195 3 1.7
20 David Graf 195 3 3.0
21 Michael Winslow 195 3 3.3
22 Marion Ramsey 195 3 5.7
23 Leslie Easterbrook 195 3 7.0
24 George Gaynes 195 3 11.0
25 Paul Hogan 194 2 1.0
26 Bobcat Goldthwait 186 3 8.0
27 Rick Moranis 185 3 2.3
28 Tom Berenger 179 3 1.3
29 Harrison Ford 178 3 7.0
30 Michael Douglas 175 2 5.5
31 Andrew McCarthy 173 3 5.7
32 Susan Sarandon 173 2 6.5
33 Emilio Estevez 172 2 5.5
34 Matthew Broderick 169 2 1.0
35 Bruce Willis 169 2 5.5
36 Willem Dafoe 167 2 6.0
37 Lou Diamond Phillips 166 2 2.0
38 Kurt Russell 166 3 4.3
39 Mel Gibson 166 2 5.5
40 Demi Moore 165 3 7.0
41 Robert De Niro 164 3 0.7
42 Dan Aykroyd 164 2 1.0
43 Daryl Hannah 161 2 2.5
44 Chevy Chase 161 3 4.3
45 Rob Lowe 160 3 4.0
46 Clint Eastwood 155 2 5.0
47 Jack Nicholson 154 2 1.5
48 Corey Feldman 154 2 2.0
49 Michael J. Fox 154 3 5.0
50 Debra Winger 150 2 1.5
51 Molly Ringwald 149 3 4.0
52 Kathleen Turner 149 2 10.0
53 Kiefer Sutherland 145 2 4.5
54 Tim Kazurinsky 144 2 6.5
55 Dennis Quaid 139 4 5.5
56 Patrick Swayze 137 2 2.0
57 Robin Williams 134 2 5.5
58 Dustin Hoffman 132 2 5.5
59 River Phoenix 132 2 6.0
60 Goldie Hawn 125 2 1.0
61 Whoopi Goldberg 124 3 6.3
62 Judge Reinhold 122 2 5.5
63 Diane Keaton 118 2 10.0
64 Jon Cryer 112 2 4.0
65 Lance Kinsey 111 2 7.5
66 G.W. Bailey 111 2 9.5
67 Gene Hackman 102 2 6.0
68 Tom Selleck 100 1 1.0
69 Kelly McGillis 100 1 2.0
70 Ted Danson 100 1 3.0
71 Bob Hoskins 99 1 1.0
72 Glenn Close 99 1 2.0
73 Ralph Macchio 97 1 1.0
74 Pat Morita 97 1 2.0
75 William Shatner 96 1 1.0
76 Leonard Nimoy 96 1 2.0
77 DeForest Kelley 96 1 3.0
78 James Doohan 96 1 4.0
79 George Takei 96 1 5.0
80 Walter Koenig 96 1 6.0
81 Nichelle Nichols 96 1 7.0
82 Rodney Dangerfield 95 1 1.0
83 Linda Kozlowski 95 1 2.0
84 Robert Downey, Jr. 94 3 2.3
85 Danny Glover 92 1 2.0
86 Helen Slater 92 1 2.0
87 Alec Baldwin 91 1 1.0
88 Geena Davis 91 1 2.0
89 Jennifer Grey 91 1 2.0
90 Michael Keaton 91 1 6.0
91 Nick Nolte 90 1 1.0
92 Richard Dreyfuss 90 1 3.0
93 Paul Newman 89 1 1.0
94 Jami Gertz 89 2 2.0
95 Melanie Griffith 89 1 2.0
96 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 89 1 3.0
97 Wil Wheaton 88 1 1.0
98 John Cleese 88 1 1.0
99 Jamie Lee Curtis 88 1 2.0
100 Kevin Kline 88 1 3.0

The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.

Image attributions

Tom Cruise: Gage Skidmore [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Bette Midler: photo by Alan Light [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Steve Guttenberg: Rob DiCaterino from Clifton, NJ, USA [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons